It’s been a fantastic year for esports. Accordingly, the majority of esports scenes managed to jump back from a difficult year in 2020. Indeed, we can show this off with another Top 5 – our very own Top 5 Viewed Esports Events 2021!
Before we proceed, let’s give a warm thanks to Esports Charts for making such viewership details public.
#5 – The International 10
- Peak Viewership – 2,741,514
- Average Viewers – 857,343
- Offline
- Prize Pool: $40,018,195
Starting strong, we have the highest prize pool in the history of esports. Accordingly, following last year’s cancellation, there was a lot riding on this.
Yet, after 2 years, the entire community loved the event and reminded us about why Dota 2 is one of the top esports in the world, with a surprise story thanks to Team Spirit which only made the event better.
Valve took as to an offline environment after two years of online Dota Pro Circuit action. Meeting expectations, it’s a great start to our top 5 list.
#4 – PGL Major Stockholm 2021 – Top 5 Viewed Esports Events 2021
- Peak Viewership – 2,748,434
- Average Viewers – 593,061
- Offline
- Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Moving onto an event more viewed event, we’re climbing to 3,000,000 peak viewers. Specifically, as the largest CS:GO major all year long, the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 event was insane. With massive storylines and exciting matches, everyone realised that CS:GO was back after a tough time.
Crowning the veterans on Natus Vincere, the CS:GO community made a lot of noise and loved every second of it – the entire esports industry was impacted by this event.
#3 – PUBG Mobile Global Championship Season 0
- Peak Viewership – 3,801,998
- Average Viewers – 528,822
- Online/Offline
- Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Moving onto the PUBG Mobile Global Championship, we can’t believe that the peak viewership keeps climbing. Taking us back to January 2021, the Grand Finals concluded the inaugural year of the event.
Accordingly, proving that PUBG Mobile is the world’s top mobile esport, the esport also showed it’s one of the top esports in general with the end of the season event. Almost reaching 4,000,000 peak viewership, the PMGC0 pushed the limits for competitive PUBG Mobile.
#2 – 2021 World Championship
- Peak Viewership – 4,018,728
- Average Viewers – 1,298,219
- Offline
- Prize Pool: $2,225,000
Coming in at number 2, the 2021 World Championship has earned a spot on our list. Specifically, with a record peak viewership of 4,000,000 viewers, thi s year had something special about it.
Although Worlds 2020 took place last year successfully, this year was even better. Uniting all the regions once again for some epic competition, this year we saw the rise of the LPL as EDward Gaming proved their skill, taking down former champions DWG KIA in an epic Grand Final.
#1 – Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore
- Peak Viewership – 5,415,990
- Average Viewers – 2,087,460
- Offline
- Prize Pool: $2,000,000
At the top of our list, we have the most jaw-dropping numbers of the year. Indeed, most didn’t see this coming, but the $2,000,000 Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore was insane.
Blowing the remainder of the industry out of the water, the peak viewership proved what we’ve been observing with competitive Free Fire all year long. Climaxing all the growth, a total of 5,415,990 peak viewers also writes a story to make Free Fire a strong competitor to PUBG Mobile.
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